Weather Records on 20 February 2017

1,736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 2017. Highest significance: Redwood City, US.

Key Facts for 20 February 2017

On 20 February 2017, 1,736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,244 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 137 monthly and 1,599 daily.
Redwood City set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 20 February 2017.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,736 stations

1,736 station records on 20 February 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Walcha (Emu Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bellville 6NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moffett Fed Airfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fallen Leaf	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove (Blue Rock Reserv	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stickney Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lost-Wood Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poison Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,736 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 671, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 573, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 386, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 20 February 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	671
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	573
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 20 February 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 137, daily 1,599.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,426 broken records

Margins by which the 1,426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 2017

Top 20 records on 20 February 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 2017	Redwood City, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	103 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2017	Austwell, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2017	Schulenburg, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2017	Livermore, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2017	Walcha (Emu Creek), AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2017	Colfax, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2017	Gatesville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2017	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Salinas AP, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Big Sur STN, US	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Blackwell 1SSW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Bellville 6NNE, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Moffett Fed Airfield, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Fallen Leaf, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Oakland Intl AP, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Doyle 4 SSE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2017	Salinas #2, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1809 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2017. 2017 had 1,736 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	2
1810	2
1814	1
1827	2
1834	1
1837	1
1838	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1850	1
1855	3
1858	2
1860	1
1861	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1880	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	5
1893	6
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	6
1899	6
1900	8
1901	5
1902	3
1903	17
1904	14
1905	8
1906	23
1907	14
1908	28
1909	34
1910	8
1911	13
1912	26
1913	28
1914	15
1915	108
1916	32
1917	186
1918	210
1919	36
1920	39
1921	106
1922	198
1923	49
1924	323
1925	132
1926	83
1927	156
1928	190
1929	629
1930	1,202
1931	163
1932	287
1933	266
1934	490
1935	222
1936	593
1937	602
1938	348
1939	636
1940	247
1941	251
1942	968
1943	454
1944	279
1945	266
1946	146
1947	403
1948	342
1949	656
1950	538
1951	815
1952	551
1953	929
1954	1,067
1955	1,051
1956	453
1957	450
1958	1,025
1959	507
1960	353
1961	475
1962	457
1963	742
1964	340
1965	357
1966	613
1967	414
1968	948
1969	731
1970	312
1971	669
1972	866
1973	587
1974	881
1975	459
1976	484
1977	1,216
1978	1,458
1979	1,185
1980	868
1981	2,080
1982	1,029
1983	636
1984	528
1985	790
1986	1,589
1987	719
1988	695
1989	1,032
1990	2,147
1991	921
1992	446
1993	1,541
1994	1,605
1995	1,427
1996	1,258
1997	1,326
1998	1,104
1999	498
2000	724
2001	485
2002	1,070
2003	771
2004	991
2005	626
2006	1,635
2007	580
2008	847
2009	530
2010	1,096
2011	1,433
2012	514
2013	422
2014	958
2015	2,790
2016	1,090
2017	1,736
2018	2,890
2019	1,630
2020	686
2021	947
2022	592
2023	438
2024	613
2025	1,756
2026	974

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,342
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1